The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-25
AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM
PROSPERITY.
The First BaIe-The st. Luke's Far
mers' Picnic.
Speeches, Dinner, Music, Love and
Beauty of st. Luke's.

Beauty of st. Luke's.
Miss Dosia Werts anu John Johnson,
Of Johnston, have been spending some
time here.
We regret that our friend and fellow
salesman, j. B. Boinest, is seriously i'll
with typhoid fever.
The warehouses spoken of last week
have been rased to the ground, and it
is hoped the railroad company will not
delay eretting a platform.
! Ira B. Jones, Esq, formerly OF this
place but now of Lancaster, spent Sat
urday and Sunday in town. We were
truly glad to see Ira once again.
1t is now fixed fact that the cotton
crop is seriously injured by the contin'
ued rains-the extent Of the injury now
indicated reaches from 25 to 80 per cent
The patrons of St. Luke's Academy
have elected the following Board oi
Trustees, viz: D. L. Ham, J. N. Tay'
| lor, John Dominick, D. S. Conwill and
J. S. Nichols. They have not elected a
teacher.
We were glad to sec the familiar face
| Of D. H. Witherspoon on our streets
once again. Mr.. W. was formerly con-
nected with the Temperance Standard
published at this place. Now he is ed
itor and proprietor OF the Clarendon
Enterprise.
The first bale OF new cott1n was sold
here yesterday rTuesday) by Rev. J. A
Sligh to Wheeler & Moseley, at 8 l-2
cents per lb. Grade, good ordinary
weight, 1876. In few hours afterwards
Cook Bros. sold one to the same parties
at same price; grade, low middling-
weight, $50 pounds.
Last week the Prosperity Press ana
ReDorter announced that the business
, relations of Mr.. A. NJ. Lester were OF
such a character that he could not &C.
cept the position OF town clerk to which
he had been elected. This week Mr..
Lester assumed the duties Of said office.
! Nothing strange happens in times OF
, war;"
On last Thursday the 18th inst, we
attended the annual picnic Of St. Luke's
farmers club. On our arrival upon the
grounds we found that considerable
preparation had been made. Seats OF
, nicely sawed lumber were provided.
and a speakers stand had also been
erected. Around the speakers stand
were clustered number Of specimens
of different varieties Of cotton stalks,
large and well developed ears of corn
| were suspended from bars, as was also
several varieties Of grasses. A monster
beet also was placed in prominent po-
sition on the speakers stand. 1t was
indeed real amusing at times to see some
OF the farmers examining the ditfere mt
specimens, and then hear them exclaim,
'sOh, could beat that stalk Of cotton
and II have got heap bigger years Of
corn than any Of themr' "Well, where
are they?" enquiries one. "Oh, I left
them at home, didn't know you were
going to show such things" Gentle
men, we would suggest that another
time you bring them. Even in your
club meetings and exhibit and compari.
son Of specimens, it seems to us, would
be beneficial.
/ By II O'Clock several hundred persons
had gathered, the beauty and youth ot
St. Luke's predominating, and J. Y
Culbreath, Esq, Newberry's farmer
lawyer" took the stand, and for 8;
minutes he had the strict attention o:
his audience. We can only give q very
short synopsis OF the speeches. The
speaker first laid down the proposition
that the resources of our country mus
be developed by native white labor, ant
not by negro labor. He compared thu
status OF the Stoney Hill section where
there is dense white population, ant
where white labor greatly predominates
with the northern section of the count,
where the whites are sparsely settled
and where nearly ali the farming opera
tions are performed by negro labor
He showed conclusively that wher,
white labor was largely in the ascen
dency the value of real estate was great
ly enhanced, and that there was a cor
responding demand, even at exorbitan
prices. Fertility Of soil, ease of cultiva
ton. and nearness Of markets were com
pared, and the fact was demonstrate,
that it was useless for our young men t.
60 west.
The speaker next discussed the advan
tages arising from the building and es
tablishing an agricultural college in tn,
State. He hopefully looked forward T.
the time when the farmers sons of New
berry County would be enabled, by ana
lytical process. to resolve the soil and it
products into their respective componen
parts, thereby enabling them to ascer
tain the wants and needs of both plant
and soil. O
| The speaker next discussed with mucI
warmth intensiye ia ming, showing tina
the basis of farming before the war wa
false one, one that did y. not save an
improve the country, but ruined it, tina
old modes and plans were rapidly pass
ing away, that new ones were being sue
cessfully employed, that the emancipa
ton OF the negro was blessing in di;
guise for the salvation of our country
He advocated and urged the importanc
OF the farmers clubs, that these club
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